-=| Sylvain Beucler, Sun, Nov 07, 2010 at 12:20:54AM +0100 |=-
> On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 11:20:19PM +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote:
> > -=| Tuduri Benoit, Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 02:53:19PM +0200 |=-
> > > Package: wnpp
> > > Severity: wishlist
> > >
> > > REminiscence is a rewrite of the engine used in the game Flashback
> > > from Delphine Software. This program is designed as a cross-platform
> > > replacement for the original executable and uses the SDL library.
> > >
> > > sources url: http://cyxdown.free.fr/reminiscence/
> >
> > ... It needs the data files from the original Flashback game.
> >
> > I have done some work on the package in the pkg-games Subversion
> > repository:
> > http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-games/packages/trunk/reminiscence/
> >
> > I don't mind taking it further, finishing the package and
> > uploading.
> I wonder if Debian needs an unmaintained (last version > 3y) engine
> that requires non-free data?
It is still useful and works. It is better than running the original
game under dosbox, because of the power savings (ah, and the
save/restore feature available at any point). I was quite surprised to
find it in maemo and not in Debian :)
It is also listed on the http://wiki.debian.org/Games/Suggested page.
As for the non-free data, this won't be the first package in such
situation. The "contrib" section is just for it.
Do you see a reason to avoid including reminiscence to Debian?
> > Any objections if I move the packaging to Git (still under
> > pkg-games umbrella)?
This still stands.